"During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Luoyang was originally the eastern capital, and the grains of the world gathered here. At that time, the canals around Luoyang City were widely distributed, not only convenient for water transportation, but also without flooding easily. In the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the King of Xijing became a ruin, and even the surrounding canals were silted. Now, at most, at three or five years, the Luo River will have to be flooded once. At least, both sides of the Luo River will be completely formed into a marina state, and at worst, the entire Luoyang City will be destroyed, and even the imperial city on a high place will be destroyed. Not to mention anything else, just the Tianjin Bridge on the Luo River is not far away. During the Sui Dynasty, it was still a floating bridge, and it was not very strong when it was changed to a stone bridge in the Tang Dynasty. However, according to historical records, how many times did the Tianjin Bridge in the Sui Dynasty have been broken during the Sui and Tang Dynasties? Now it has been rebuilt again and again, strengthened again and again, but it has been damaged in a few years, which is exhausting the people and money! The rivers around Xijing are time to be rectified."

As Xu Ping said this, everyone looked at Li Ruogu, the prefect of Henan Prefecture. He closed his eyes slightly and leaned on the chair without any expression, as if what he was talking about had nothing to do with him.

Xu Ping coughed and said in a deep voice: "Master Li, do you think so?"

"What the Dragon Tu says is that the rivers around Xijing are at a time when they have to be repaired."

Li Ruogu's voice was low and his expression did not change at all. Xu Ping was a little doubtful if this sound was made by him. From when he arrived in Luoyang, Li Ruogu competed with him for the dominance of renovating the rivers and canals. Why did he suddenly speak today?

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Ruo said in a deep voice: "The river channel has to be built, but Henan Prefecture has maintained the imperial palace and the imperial tomb every year, and the people have been exhausted. It is really hard to do it but not enough."

Xu Ping interrogated: "What the Prime Minister Li said is indeed the truth. Henan Prefecture has exhausted its people's strength. In this way, the rivers around Luoyang City will be presided over by the Transportation Commission, and all the money, grain and manpower will be raised by the Cao Office. Henan Prefecture only needs to send a subordinate to coordinate the households that need to be relocated, and there is no need to ask about the others."

Li Ruogu said lightly: "It is good to say this to the Cao Cao. I will send the magistrates of Henan and Luoyang to wait for the command of the Cao Cao Department. However, I said that in front, Henan Prefecture cannot transfer a single stone of grain from a person!"

Xu Ping nodded: "The money, grain and manpower are allocated by the Caosi Department. Henan Prefecture just needs to free up the place."

Although he said this, Xu Ping felt a little uneasy. Li Ruogu suddenly changed his words today, and it must be for no reason, but he was afraid he was a little reliant. What could he rely on? As long as he released the dominance, he would not be able to do anything. The two magistrates dared not play tricks in front of the Transportation Office.

After arriving here, we settled. The entire river was presided over by Chen Yaozuo from Sishui County, and the Transportation Commission above Sishui County was actually led by Xu Ping himself. This was a plan that Xu Ping had already thought of, and things went smoothly and unexpectedly.

Seeing that no one was talking, Chen Yaozuo said loudly: "This time, the river will be repaired in one go. Below Sishui County, I will call on the people of Meng, Zheng, Ru, and Xu. After the autumn, it will take two months to complete the repair at a short time and one month to complete the repair!"

"Wait!" Xu Ping suddenly raised his head, "I didn't agree before that I should try not to use the people's power when opening the canal this time. The rivers below Sishui County will be opened by Qinghexiang Army. Why do you have to transfer the people now?"

"There is no need for civil servants to open the river, but the work of transporting soil, stones and binding wood dragons cannot be done by the Qinghexiang Army. Besides, there are several docks on the river, and the roads from the docks need to be paved, which requires a lot of manpower. Longtu, since it takes such a lot of effort, it will be built in one go. Only when the dock road is repaired can it benefit the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait."

Xu Ping looked at Chen Yaozuo and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen, it is the twelfth lunar month when the river is built. If it is as cold as last year, it will be very hard. It is not a trivial matter to mobilize the civil servants to go over and if you are not well cared for, you will freeze and starve to death. It is not a trivial matter. There is no need to hurry the docks and roads, and there is no need to rush in the winter when there is no rain. It is also possible to practice in the spring of the coming year."

Chen Yaozuo waved his hand: "Since you have done it, then you will finish it in one go. It will be a lot of trouble to delay it in the coming year! I just need to repair the wharf and pave the roads to the three counties of Sishui, Xingyang and Xingze. The other roads are built by themselves."

Xu Ping saw the gaze of the magistrate Lu Ge beside Chen Yaozuo, and did not dare to face his eyes. He felt something was wrong. When he was reporting in the palace, he calculated the working hours and said that he only used the Qinghexiang Army and did not adjust the civil servants. When he was in Zhengzhou, he also explained this to Chen Yaozuo clearly. Why have he changed his mind now?

After thinking about it, Xu Ping looked at the governors present and asked in a deep voice: "What other states need to use manpower in autumn and winter? Let's make it clear now. Anyway, it's a winter and it's a lot of things to do. The Caosi Department must allocate manpower uniformly. Don't go to the state for official documents, and the manpower there is already useful and cannot be transferred."

Wang Zhi, the governor of Tangzhou, sighed in his heart and bowed: "There are old canals in Xianghan in Tangzhou. They have been silted and flooded every year. The officials wanted to take advantage of this winter to repair the canals, which is also a convenient move for the people."

Xu Ping looked at Wang Zhi with a calm face and asked him: "Tangzhou is vast and sparsely populated. Are you able to have enough manpower in your province?"

"Enough, be careful to adjust, it's still enough." Wang Zhi said, "However, those canals implicate adjacent Dengzhou, it is best for the two states to work together to avoid losing one thing."

Xu Ping turned his head and asked Zhao He: "What does Zhao Zhizhou say?"

Zhao He was calmed for a while and said, "Zhizhou Wang had not mentioned this matter to me before, but he didn't have time to consider it in detail. What is the specific matter, he still needs to go down and discuss with Zhuzhou Wang. However, once the rivers and canals are repaired, Tangzhou will naturally not be able to transfer people."

At this point, only Caizhou was the only one who could be transferred out.

Xu Ping frowned and remained silent. This was very different from what he originally thought. Suddenly, why could not even transfer people from the surrounding prefectures and counties? Caizhou is close to Lianghuai, and the territory is full of plains, with a denser population. But it is too far from Henan Prefecture, so Xu Ping called the governor Wang Zhi to come, which was not to transfer people to build rivers.

Li Ruogu closed his eyes and said nothing. Sun Mian was secretly happy and quietly looked at Lu Ge not far away.
Chapter completed!